Are preferences for authoritarian rule individual predispositions—or can they spread socially? Using field + survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces, we show that openness to strongman rule can spread socially. American Journal of Political Science: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨 @eupoplink.bsky.social lanza una gran encuesta sobre el futuro de Europa para todos los países miembros y candidatos a entrar en la UE. Respóndela en el siguiente enlace: get.epoll.eu/index.php/48... @juanperezrajo.bsky.social @gricoc.bsky.social

🗺️ Electoral Atlas of the Spanish Second Republic (1931-1936) Today we are publishing, in beta version and as a first phase (1936 only), the database so everyone can explore it 👇 tonirodon.cat/second-repub... (1/n)

📢 Postdoc opportunity at @UB-IPERG (University of Barcelona) 1-year position in Historical Political Economy. 💶 €35–40k | Start: Fall 2026 🗓️ Deadline for Expressions of Interest: June 5, 2026 All the info: 🔗 www.ub.edu/iperg/postdo...

🎉Congratulations to our fellow @ehernandez.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 National Research Award “Clara Campoamor” in the area of Law and Economic & Social Sciences. www.ciencia.gob.es/Noticias/202...

📢 We're hiring for my project RESPOL on residential mobility & electoral realignment 📍 University of Hamburg 📅 4y, 75% FTE 🔍 pol behavior, comp politics, regional inequalities 📊 quant, administrative & survey data Please share with talented MA students! 🔗 www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

We are hiring! 👇 www.uab.cat/ca/ciencia-p...

📢Open call for applications. DEC welcomes expressions of interest for the 2026 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships. Applicants interested in developing a proposal with us are encouraged to get in touch before 15 May. More information ⬇️ marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...

🚨 Job Alert 🚨 We have an opening for a 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 @stawi-univie.bsky.social starting Aug/Sep 2026! Focus: political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields 📅Apply by 29 April 2026 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

🚨CALL for papers AECPA 2026. 📍Granada: 9 al 11 de septiembre de 2026. Algunos de los grupos de trabajo coordinados por miembros del DEC (🧶)

📝Escriben en @piedrasdepapel.bsky.social @damjantomic.bsky.social @sergiferrer.bsky.social Enrique Prada y @ehernandez.bsky.social sobre su investigación publicada en @cpsjournal.bsky.social. ¿Aceptan igual la democracia los ganadores y perdedores de elecciones? www.eldiario.es/piedrasdepap...

🎉 Really happy to see my first single-authored article published in @politicalgeography.bsky.social ! It analyses how inequalities in access to basic services (healthcare, education, roads, and internet coverage) affect levels of rural resentment 👇 [1/5] www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢 New publication alert : "Winners' Restraint or Affective Majoritarianism? Elections, Polarization and Political Support" by @damjantomic.bsky.social @sergiferrer.bsky.social, Enrique Prada and @ehernandez.bsky.social , in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🎉 We're excited to share that "Winners’ Restraint or Affective Majoritarianism? Elections, Polarization and Political Support," co-authored with @sergiferrer.bsky.social, Enrique Prada and @ehernandez.bsky.social, is now published in CPS! You can access it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🔥🎉 very happy to see this paper finally out at @cpsjournal.bsky.social! Together with @damjantomic.bsky.social, Enrique Prada, and @ehernandez.bsky.social, we analyze how winner-loser dynamics may shape citizens' support for norms of restraint and consent!

Arrancamos el nuevo año con una entrada de @damjantomic.bsky.social, @sergiferrer.bsky.social, Enrique Prada y @ehernandez.bsky.social. Muestran que, contrario a lo que podíamos esperar, los ciudadanos siguen bastante comprometidos con las reglas democráticas. www.eldiario.es/piedrasdepap...

Why do rural dwellers show lower support for green policies? Is it because they prioritise the environment less over material goals, or because they perceive higher costs of green policies? Check out our new article! @environmentalpol.bsky.social @evaanduiza.bsky.social tuit.cat/OP6Ph

The @bcnpolisci.bsky.social officially went public yesterday at #jcpop25! 🎉 ▶️We have the mission to foster collaboration in research, strengthen institutional ties, and above all, support junior scholars and students in developing their academic careers. www.banps.cat 🔴What will we do?

📢 📢 Call for Papers IV Yale–UB Historical Political Economy Workshop Organized by @Didacqueralt.bsky.social & @Cescamat.bsky.social 🎤 Keynote: Lisa Blaydes (Stanford) 📍 University of Barcelona 🗓 June 29–30, 2026 Submit your papers by Jan 21, 2026: shorturl.at/oZTNy #pleaseRT

We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...

New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies. Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇

Postdoc call‼️ I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT. Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community. Application deadline: December 10th. Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m

👋Welcome to the Barcelona Network of Political Science. ▶️We are here to promote research, strengthen ties between institutions, and support young researchers and students in developing their research careers.

For my course on Conflict and Representation in the EU, I made an interactive Shiny app that plots CHES party positions, for all countries, years (1999-2024) and (most) dimensions in the dataset. Enjoy! dimiter.shinyapps.io/ches/ #polsci #Polisky #EUsky #Comparativesky #polbehaviorsky

I’m very happy and honored to receive the National Research Award for Young Researchers in Social Sciences. Many thanks to everyone who has supported me along the way

📢 Call open! We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher for the EU-funded project TaCT-FoRSED, which studies how conspiracy theories affect democratic attitudes. ℹ️ Info: tauler.seu-e.cat/detall?idEns... 🔗 Application: seleccio.uab.cat/seleccio/log...

From the research group @dec-gr.bsky.social, we are glad to share our new Scientific Data article presenting the release of the first 12 waves of the Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (POLAT). rdcu.be/eIkms

🧲 We are hiring! ✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social 🏁 4-year FPI contract 🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English 📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected] 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2

📘 64.4 📊 Citizens strongly resist trading off free elections for income, but show more willingness to compromise on other liberal norms according to @sergiferrer.bsky.social @ehernandez.bsky.social @enprava.bsky.social @damjantomic.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/2uIi1YT

Here, @aarslew.bsky.social and I use the well-demonstrated fact that, in issues where people have incentives to withhold socially undesirable behaviours or opinions, the absence of an interviewer facilitates their expression. (4) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

‼️Our new paper with magnificent colleagues @alinazumbrunn.bsky.social @antonialang.bsky.social‬ on how place experience shapes place-based (rural/urban) identity is now out at the Journal of Rural Studies! 👇 (1/5)

@deeesharp.bsky.social & I are looking for a collaborator on a project w/ @offenegesellschaft.bsky.social on empathy-based interventions against affective polarization @uni-hamburg.de j0b.de/veca 75% PhD position, 1st yr project funded & can be converted to a position w/ teaching afterwards 📆31/08

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵

Very happy to see this one published at @psrm.bsky.social! This is joint work with @jordimunoz.bsky.social, Andreu Arenas, and Albert Falcó-Gimeno.

New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

📢 Publication alert: Our paper "Unpacking the rural–urban divide: Identities and stereotypes" - with @tonirodon.bsky.social, @griambau.bsky.social, ‬ and Andreu Rodilla - is now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.

📢 Our new paper on the rural/urban background of legislators in European national parliaments is now available in @electoralstudies.bsky.social ! 👇

🆕 EJPR NEWS 📰 Find us here on Bluesky 🦋 @ejprjournal.bsky.social for original, peer-reviewed research on comparative European politics. Stay informed, stay connected. #PoliticalScience #EJPR #PoliSky

Our Element is out! 🎉 Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms? www.cambridge.org/core/element...

“Results show that rural areas tend to be underrepresented in national parliaments when compared to urban ones”

New paper @electoralstudies.bsky.social With @gricoc.bsky.social and @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social we study the presence of legislators with urban and rural backgrounds in national parliaments www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵

New WP w/ @riazsascha.bsky.social: via >42 million placebo tests, we show type I error inflation in Unexpected Event during Survey Designs (UESD), propose an adjustment, implement via new R package uesdRobust, and demonstrate utility by replicating two top UESD studies. osf.io/preprints/os... 1/9

🚨 Call for papers 📢 VIII Jornada de Comportament i Opinió Pública de Catalunya / 8th Catalan Political Behavior & Public Opinion Workshop 📅 6 de novembre de 2025 / November 6, 2025 at @IBEI 📩 Deadline: 4 de juliol / July 4. Submission: 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 👇

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

🚀 New study (OPEN ACESS) out now in Political Science Research & Methods! @psrm.bsky.social Does the Growth of Religious Minorities Transform Electoral Politics? Evidence from the Evangelical Boom in Brazil www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I am very glad to see this paper with Albert Falcó and @jordimunoz.bsky.social published in @psrm.bsky.social. We use a multiple-UESD design to investigate the effect of terrorist attacks on voting 👇

🧵 Hiring 2 PhDs in political science! Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES @uantwerpen.be 🇧🇪 We study how politicians accuse each other of lying/disinfo — and how citizens react: Does it erode trust? Polarize? Mobilize? 🧠🗳️ 💥 4-yr fully funded 📅 Start: Oct/Nov 2025 🗓️ Deadline: 21 Aug Details + apply 👇

🚨 Excited to see my first solo-authored paper now published in IJPOR! 🚨 Do election outcomes affect participation in post-election surveys? And specifically, do election winners respond more than losers? The short answer: not really. The slightly longer answer: 🧵👇 academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...

💥 Happy to share this new paper with Koen Verhoest in Public Management Review @pmreview.bsky.social ! What conditions contribute to building trust in services with high levels of opacity, information asymmetries, and vulnerable users? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....